PS5 and Xbox Series X to Usher In Era of “Movie-Quality” Graphics, Claims Epic

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Let the hype begin. The chief technology officer of Epic (which recently stunned the gaming world with its Unreal Engine 5 demo) has boldly suggested (via Video Games Chronicle) that Sony and Microsoft’s next-generation consoles can deliver graphics that are on par with modern blockbusters. Apparently, this level of fidelity will be enabled by Nanite, a core technology of Unreal Engine 5 (surprised?) that allows for unprecedented levels of geometric detail.



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[Zarathustra]

Lol

 

[Grimlakin]

Cinematic quality of which decade he didn't say.

 

[Burticus]

Seems like I heard this kind of talk 20 years ago...

 

[noko]

Like to see this sooner then much later. The demo looked very impressive, how many games will use and approach that level of detail is to be seen.

 

[Grimlakin]

Seems like I heard this kind of talk 20 years ago...

Yea I've heard this line a few times now.

 

[Grimlakin]

You know what... this just occurred to me. Someone let me know the first 'adult cinema' company that licenses this engine. I may want to test their product.

 

[Brian_B]

I do think the Epic demo looks good. Cinema good? Maybe not quite but fairly close.

Good enough to get me to buy a new console? Eh, I am probably going to anyway, this didn’t necessarily sway me. Not good enough to convince me to spend $1,000+ on a GPU though.

 

[Nanobot]

You know what... this just occurred to me. Someone let me know the first 'adult cinema' company that licenses this engine. I may want to test their product.

Funny you should say that. Adult cinema is usually the first to adopt new standards/technology. However I suspect the encroachment of AI into their, ahem, business space is likely to cause some chafing.

 

[Grimlakin]

Funny you should say that. Adult cinema is usually the first to adopt new standards/technology. However I suspect the encroachment of AI into their, ahem, business space is likely to cause some chafing.

I LOL'd.

 

[Burticus]

You know what... this just occurred to me. Someone let me know the first 'adult cinema' company that licenses this engine. I may want to test their product.

Only with a real VR haptic feedback rig. LOL. Or holograms (thinking 6th Day here)

Virtual porn always hits the wall with the uncanny valley stuff. There was actually a really funny 30 Rock episode about that.